T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S.
THE WRECKERS OF FLORIDA,
The Mallard,
The White Ibis,
The American Oyster-Catcher,
The Kittiwake Gull, . . .
The Kildeer Plover, . . .
158
THE WHITE PERCH AND ITS
Anas Boschas, . . . . 164
Ibis alba, 173
Hcematopus palliatus, . . 181
Larus tridactylus, . . . 186
Charadrins vociferus, . . 191
TS FAVOURITE BAIT, 197
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The Whooping Crane, Grus americana, . . . . 202
The Pintail Duck, Anas acuta, 214
The Green-winged Teal, . . . . Anas Crecca, . . 219
The Scaup Duck, Fuligula Marila, . . . . 226
The Sanderling, Tringa armaria, . . . . 231
A RACOON HUNT IN KENTUCKY, 235
The Long-billed Curlew, .
Numenius longirostris, . . 240
The Hooded Merganser, .
Mergus cucullatus,
. . 246
The Sora Rail, . . . .
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The Ring-necked Duck,
Rallus carolinus, .
The Sooty Tern, . . . .
A WILD HORSE, .
. 259
. 263
270
Fuligula rufitorques,
Sterna fuliginosa,
Ardea Nycticorax, . . . 275
Numenius hudsonicus, . . 283
Limosa Fedoa, . . . . 287
Fúlica americana,
Sterna Dougallii,
The Night Heron, . . .
The Hudsonian Curlew, .
The Great Marbled Godwit,
The American Coot, . .
The Roseate Tern, . . .
REMINISCENCES OF THOMAS BEWICK,
The Great Black-backed Gull,
The Snowy Heron, . . .
The American Snipe, . .
The Common Gallinule, .
The Large-billed Guillemot,
PITTING OF WOLVES, . .
The Eider Duck, . . . .
The Velvet Duck, . . .
291
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Larus marinus, . . . . 305
Ardea candidissima, . . . 317
Scolopax Wilsonii, . . . 322
Gallínula Chloropus, . . 330
Uria Brunnichii, . . . . 336
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Fuligula mollissima, . . .
Fuligula fusca, . . . .
T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S.
The Pied-billed Dobchick, . . . Podiceps carolinensis, . . 359
The Tufted Puffin, Mormon cirrhatus, . . . 364
The Arctic Tern, Sterna arctica, . . . . 366
A TOUGH WALK FOR A YOUTH, 371
376
387
396
400
404
The Brown Pelican, Pelecanus fuscus,. . .
The Florida Cormorant, . . . . Phalacrocorax floridanus,
The Pomarine Jager, Lestris pomarinus, . .
Wilson's Phalarope, Phalaropus Wilsonii,
The Red Phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius, .
BREAKING UP OF THE ICE, 408
The Reddish Egret, Ardea rufescens, . . . . 411
The Double-crested Cormorant, . . Phalacrocorax dilophus, . 420
The Hudsonian Godwit, . . . . Limosa hudsonica, . . . 426
Podiceps cornutus, . . . 429
Thalassidroma Leachii,
The Horned Grebe,
The Forked-tailed Petrel, . . .
A MAPLE-SUGAR CAMP,
438
The Whooping Crane, Grus americana,
441
The Tropic Bird, Pliaeton aithereus,
442
The Curlew Sandpiper, . . . . Tringa subarquata,
444
The Fulmar Petrel, Procellaria glacialis,
446
The Buff-breasted Sandpiper, . . Tringa rufescens* ,
451
THE OPOSSUM, . . . 454
The Common Cormorant, . . . . Phalacrocorax Carbo, . . 458
The Arctic Jager, Lestris parasiticus, . . . 470
The American Woodcock, . • Scolopax minor, . . . . 474
The Greenshank, t Totanus Glottis, . . . . 483
Wilson's Petrel, Thalassidroma Wilsonii, . 486
A LONG CALM AT SEA, 491
The Frigate Pelican, Tachypetes Aquilus, .
Richardson's Jager, Lestris Richardsonii,
The Cayenne Tern, Sterna cayana, . .
The Semipalmated Snipe, or Willet, Totanus semipalmatus,
The Noddy Tern,
STILL BECALMED,
. 495
. 503
. 505
. 510
Sterna stolida, 516